Nerida O’Loughlin

Nerida O’Loughlin

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Nerida O’Loughlin is the chair of the Australian Communications and Media Authority, and she was in the news as her organization initiated an investigation into Optus following the catastrophic failure of its emergency services during the recent outage.

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ACMA chair Nerida O’Loughlin said the obligation was fundamental.

Optus sued over Triple Zero outage
The Sydney Morning Herald·AustraliaAustralia· 2026-07-30
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Nerida O’Loughlin is the chair of the ACMA, which has found multiple breaches of broadcasting decency codes by The Kyle and Jackie O Show.

Radio duo's vulgar content prompts ACMA enforcement action
The Sydney Morning Herald·AustraliaAustralia· 2025-10-01
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ACMA boss Nerida O’Loughlin launches an investigation into the event.

Optus scandal: How the triple-0 outage nightmare unfolded and what happens next
The New Zealand Herald – country’s largest newspaper, est. 1863·New ZealandNew Zealand· 2025-09-27
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Nerida O’Loughlin is the chair of the Australian Communications and Media Authority addressing the media about the incident.

The emails that reveal how Optus downplayed the Triple Zero disaster
The Sydney Morning Herald·AustraliaAustralia· 2025-09-25
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